Architectural top vs honest height
Bank of America Tower is marketed at 365.8m. The highest floor a person can stand on - the highest occupied floor - is at 234m. The gap between those two numbers is 131.8m of structure that no occupant reaches.
That gap is the vanity height. As a percentage of architectural top, it is the Vanity Ratio: 36%.
In the Honest 100,Bank of America Tower ranks #95 by occupied height.
Vanity context
A Vanity Ratio of 36% places Bank of America Tower in the high vanity category. A substantial proportion of this building's marketed height is non-occupiable structure - the gap between what is marketed and what is usable is material.
Comparable buildings
Similar Vanity Ratio
In context
Sources and methodology
Height data sourced from Wikipedia (CC-BY-SA). Vanity Ratio calculated as (Architectural Top - Highest Occupied Floor) / Architectural Top. See the full methodology.
Per-field source notes
- architectural_top_m
- Wikipedia - 365.8m to spire tip
- roof_height_m
- Wikipedia - 234m to roof (55 floors)
- highest_occupied_floor_m
- Wikipedia - 55F at approximately 234m
- hat_factor_pct
- Calculated: (365.8-234)/365.8 = 36.0% - highest confirmed Vanity Ratio in the Honest 100. 131.8m of spire on a 55-floor office building.
- note
- Current reigning Padded Pinnacle award nominee